NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced that they will offer property from the estate of Barbara Sinatra across a series of auctions this December in New York.

A reference to Barbara Sinatra’s best-selling memoir, Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra will offer a rare window into the personal lives of the famed couple, through hundreds of works that Barbara and Frank assembled and lived with together throughout their 22-year marriage. Drawn primarily from the Sinatras’ residences in Palm Springs, Los Angeles and Malibu, Sotheby’s sales will offer fine art, decorative art and furniture collected by the couple, as well as objects and memorabilia left to Barbara upon her husband’s passing – in addition to her dazzling personal collection of jewelry and accessories. Together, the auctions will illuminate the two worlds that the Sinatras’ occupied: the fashionable lifestyle of a beloved entertainer and philanthropist, and the home life where the couple surrounded themselves with the people and objects they loved.

Highlights of Sotheby’s December sales will include: film and entertainment memorabilia, including Frank Sinatra’s personal copies of scripts from movies and projects across his career; fine art including a Norman Rockwell portrait of Frank, works by Pablo Picasso and Childe Hassam, and a number of paintings by Frank himself; jewelry collected by Barbara Sinatra from iconic houses including Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari and Marina B; a wealth of political and presidential memorabilia, including autographed books, awards and photographs related to presidents spanning from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton; a selection of personal effects, including photographs with fellow Rat Pack members and other entertainment elite; furniture and decorative art from their residences in Palm Springs, Los Angeles and Malibu; and more.

A portion of the proceeds from the December auctions will benefit the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Rancho Mirage, California, a nonprofit organization founded by the couple in 1986, which seeks to provide counseling for victims of physical, sexual and emotional child abuse.

Sotheby’s sales will open for public exhibition in their New York galleries on 30 November.

LADY BLUE EYES: PROPERTY OF BARBARA AND FRANK SINATRA
Auction 6 December

• Revised Final Script for From Here to Eternity (1953), in a presentation binding for Frank Sinatra Estimate $7/9,000

• Frank Sinatra's All-American Collegiate Golf Foundation John F. Kennedy Award 1973 Estimate $1/2,000

• Revised Final Script for Ocean's 11 (1960), in a presentation binding for Frank Sinatra Estimate $10/15,000

• Norman Rockwell Sinatra: An American Classic (Portrait of Frank Sinatra) 1973 Oil on canvas Estimate $80/120,000

• Walt Kuhn Girl With Turban (Zuleika) 1938 Oil on canvas Estimate $300/500,000

• Childe Hassam Bathers and Cloud Reflections 1914 Oil on canvas Estimate $200/300,000

• A Dodie Thayer pottery Lettuceware part service Estimate $50/70,000

• Frank Sinatra Abstract after Mondrian 1991 Oil on canvas Estimate $10/15,000

MAGNIFICENT JEWELS
Auction 4 December
The December sale of Magnificent Jewels will feature a spectacular selection of pieces Barbara Sinatra’s personal collection. The jewels reflect Barbara’s style and taste, and together reveal a passionate and careful collector. The group is led by a spectacular Emerald-cut 20.60-carat Diamond Ring (left, estimate $1/1.5 million), as well as classic designs by Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari and David Webb.

The collection features a broad selection of quintessential 1970s and ‘80s jewels by Marina B – one of her favorite designers – including a Pair of Sapphire, Colored Sapphire and Diamond Earclips (right, estimate $30/50,000) and a Diamond, Turquoise and Onyx Parure comprising a choker, bracelet and earclips (estimate $50/70,000). Many of the pieces were fashioned to Barbara’s personal specifications by her jewelers of choice, and a number of them were picked out and gifted to Barbara by Mr. Sinatra himself, who enjoyed surprising his wife with luxurious jewels and gemstones.

LADY BLUE EYES: ONLINE
Open for Bidding 27 November – 7 December
• Two Black and White Photographs of The Rat Pack, featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr. Estimate $800-1,200

• Frank Sinatra and John F. Kennedy at the 1961 Inaugural Gala Estimate $400-600

• Two AKG Microphones Owned by Frank Sinatra Estimate $500-800